Darren holds a 1st class Honours degree from Sydney Conservatorium in Jazz Piano/Organ, where he studied with Judy Bailey, Kevin Hunt and Mike Nock. Durning January 2006 Darren spent the month studying with organist Tony Monaco in Columbus/OH. His Honours Thesis is entitled: Jimmy Smith and Larry Young - Blue Note Records jazz organ masters - a comparison of style. Also while studying Darren received the Jacek Chrostowski Encouragement Award for Jazz Piano. He performs as a freelance musician on organ and piano in his hometown of Sydney. Darren's recent performing credits include the Organ Summit at The Basement, Art On The Rocks Festival and the prestigious Manly Jazz Festival where he played with Trumpeter Bobby Shew. His style emanates from the songbooks of master organists Jimmy Smith, Larry Young and John Patton. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Darren+Heinrich">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.